Career choice: These aptitude tests are available
Career cheque
Career checks help you to find professions that match your skills. Yousty.ch has developed its own career check. Berufsberatung.ch offers online career checks for various professions that are quick and easy to complete.
Basic Check
Many young people take this test at the end of year 8. It tests language skills in German, French and English as well as maths skills, spatial reasoning and other skills acquired in school.
Many training companies require a multi-check in addition to school and taster certificates.
If you want to do an EFZ apprenticeship, you should take the Basic Check Standard; if you want to do an EBA apprenticeship, you should choose the Basic Check Practice. This tests practical skills instead of foreign languages. The test can be taken at a Gateway.one location. The result shows which occupational fields a person is suitable for based on their skills.
Multicheck
Many training companies require a multicheck in addition to school and taster certificates. This tests a person's skills in relation to an occupational group. In addition to school subjects such as languages and maths, skills such as concentration, logical thinking and memory are also tested.
There are eight different Multichecks, seven for different occupational fields and one for EBA apprenticeships. This test can also be taken at one of the Gateway.one centres. The result shows whether the person tested has the necessary skills for an occupation in the chosen field. Many training companies require the results of the Multicheck matching the apprenticeship position. Anyone who is not satisfied with their results can repeat the Multicheck once.
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The Stellwert test assesses how well upper secondary school pupils have mastered their subject matter. It is an assessment that shows where a person is at a good level and where they need to catch up. It also reveals where the person stands in comparison to their peers. Taken several times, it makes learning progress visible. The Stellwerktest is taken by young people at school (can take place once per year of upper secondary school), in careers counselling, at vocational school or in the 10th year of school.
In addition to language skills and general knowledge, the compass also measures learning, work and social behaviour.
Compass
The Kompass from the provider Nantys is a career check and aptitude test in one. In addition to language skills and general knowledge, it also measures learning, work and social behaviour. It can help young people to find the right occupational field for them by showing them where they stand with their individual skills in relation to the requirements of an occupation. Apprenticeship companies can use the results to determine the skills of an applicant. The test takes place online.
Industry-specific tests
Various industry and professional organisations, and in some cases individual companies, have their own specific tests. Companies use these tests to determine whether applicants have the skills required for an apprenticeship in the respective profession or company.
